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  1. I've never understood the whole "speedfreak" phenomeamon.... all those hours of gritting teeth, looking like a manson follower, and acting like a bipolar (manic-depressive) in a manic phase... only to crash like a diva gone to the depths of dopamine hell.... But, many would say a K-ride can be a hellish nightmare of distortred images, sounds, and visuals -- to each his own. Personally, I'd prefer a dissociative to tina or cocaine anyday (save even USP-grade PCP, yick!) ... lol. hypothetically speaking, of course... -- Rob
  2. To speak of K outside of NY/NJ and the east coast (I'm an adopted NYer, originally from the midwest)... Hypothetically of course... K is around St. Louis on a "who you know" basis, but usually only in powder form, and it's cut. It's cheap ($40-50 gram) , and lousy quality... I've never heard of it being sold by the liq. In Kansas City MO/KS and the college-town of Lawrence, it's not hard to find both powder and liquid... powder is cut and expensive, and sold in baggies w/o any real specific quantity (could be a gram, could be 1/2) for about $30. A liq ranges wildly from $50-100, it depends on who you know. Labels/names are not yet an "advertising issue" for K apparently. Kansas City is considered one of the few places outside of the east coast and west coast to find K easily, and as a footnote in history, K's spread across the US (prior to being Controlled), jumped from the east coast, over Chicago -- to KC before it became popular in the West. Most people guess this is because one of the major manufacturers of Ketamine is based in Iowa -- who knows if it is true that is why. There are 1/2 a dozen other reasons many of us who learned of K living in KC in the mid-to late 1980s can only "hypothesize" about... -- Rob
  3. Sure... There are many companies that do drug screening, both urine and blood, which use standard methods (reagent testing), which includes that for LSD (and/or its metabolites). Because LSD is ingested in such miniscule amounts (several hundred micrograms at best, often only a few), and it is metabolized within an hour, no known reagent test in the blood or urine can detect it after a few hours in blood or urine after more than 12 hours directly. There *are* blood tests which can detect metabolites, but these are rarely used, and generally in research or medical fields -- not in employment screening. Again, GC/MS results can detect LSD metabolites within some hours afterwards in blood, and conceivably in certain central nervous system fluids (not spinal fliud, contrary to popular belief) -- but this isn't legal in a drug screen. Generally speaking, the detection of LSD and it's metabolites is so difficult for drug testing purposes it is not attempted as a general method except in rare research or the most senstitive positions (intelligence, military, etc.). It takes a very good chemist, good lab techs, and usually both computer and hands-on review of results to determine results, even today. However, several companies continue to advertise in pre-employment urine screens that "LSD" is included in their screening process on their paperwork. This isn't illegal, by the way. It's not false advertising. They do use a basic reagent, it just isn't *precise* (vs. accurate) enough to detect LSD or it's metabolites to do the job in urine. Theoretically, if one had dosed a large amount of LSD within an hour or two, and took the test, it is possible to get a positive reading, as enough metabolite could react with a very precise urine reagent. LSD is a unique case, given it's extremely miniscule dosing, and it's unique process of being metabolized by the body so quickly, and by so many parallel means and so completely. There are few other substances which compare (drugs or chemicals, except for exotic poisons and chemical weapons). -- Rob
  4. Actually, GC/MS testing in medicine is generally done on *blood samples* -- including drug screening. Although pre-employment screens in certain employment areas use GC/MS on urine samples -- *post-employment* in some our done on blood as a part of the employment contract and where regulated by law. Because blood testing is an invasive procedure defined by law, it can usually only be done by court order, with some exceptions. Regulated employment classes -- the military, certain law enforcement jobs, certain transportation jobs, and certain pharmaceutical jobs and medical jobs can use blood tests *after* employment. However, cause is usually necessary. Even then, though, other methods are usually done before GC/MS, as disco mentioned, because of the huge cost (from $800 and up a sample, depending on the tests). And, for blood, actually, GC/MS tests can find virtually *any* substance one is looking for, assuming it has a chemical profile. Keep in mind, however, there are substances which simply aren't around in any quantity to measure: LSD, for instance. But blood GC/MS tests done for drug-enforcement work, intelligence agencies, etc., for instance, cover some 100 substances, metabolites, and classes, even odd chemical agents. Again, rare, but these are done. In general, urine tests (non GC/MS) often list LSD and some now even Ketamine -- but neither are actually being tested for by any commonly known testing method (or are detectable with regular testing methods). However, Dextromethorphan *can* and *has* caused false-positives for PCP in some pre-employment urine tests, and some home blood test kits, as well as ER toxicology screens (these are documented). In the past three years, over a dozen have been detected and resolved with further testing. Contrary to popular belief, DXM does not cause false opiate/opiod positive's -- at least none documented in peer literature (even when two studies were done specifically to find if this were possible). -- Rob
  5. Ketamine is one of the few drugs that exhibits uniquely different effects depending on method of administration (how you do it).... IM/IV, intranasal (snorting), or oral (liquid). IM/IV isn't what most people think... yeah, disco got it right that IM is in the arm, or some, do it in the pectoral. IV for K is literally with an IV infusion bag with proper dosing (as we did it in the old days) -- being that in the old days, it was all pharmacists, chemists, and doctors. Oral, the liquid, means longer trips with smaller doses usually... and longer times to set-in. It is usually equivalent to snorting, just a different way. so is packing powder and taking it up the bum, btw (as many do E). Longer ride, slower onset. snorting means easier method to do it is all... taking it to the club more easily. And, for some, controlling the decent into K-land/K-hole. The point for those who used to do it IM/IV, is that you can do the same, just in a different way. And keep in mind, those who did it IV/IM were medical professionals, so they knew EXACTLY how much to do IM/IV and still be safe. -- Rob
  6. seriously... and from a pharmaceutical chemist am I .... some suggestions.... first, it depends tremendously on what you have taken, and on the test you are to take (basic employment urine tests, or blood, or complex urine tests)..... the most nasty preventative, which does work many times, for urine tests (but will not set off a "high ph level" for urine tests) is something very simple.... go to a large grocery... and find, in the canning section, "liquid pectin" -- it's used to can jelly, etc. drink one package ... that's one one usually four packs in a box. It's nasty, and has the consistency of snot.. to be honest. why? here's the laymen's chemistry answer" pectin has a unique ability to overwhealm your kidney output, but keep our ph in balance. It will ONLY work if you use it 24-36 hours before. It works BEST with drugs that are FAT soluble (pot, etc). It is hard to get down, but you have to take it straight (do NOT use juice!). It's not perfect, nothing is. If you have taken, say, E, and you are an occassional user (< twice a month), 4 days and out you will likely test negative in most employment tests. LSD NEVER shows up in urine tests (no matter what they tell you). PCP won't show up after 5 days -- Ketamine rarely shows up as a false positive for PCP (and there is NO specific test for Ketamine, it can rarely have a false positive for PCP, but only within 12-20 hours of a huge dose). DXM only... and only... can show a false positive for PCP w/in 10-12 hours of a HUGE dose (1.5g or more). it does NOT show an opiate positive in URINE. Amphetamine (including E) you are clear within 4 days... flush with 3-4 liters of water in the days before... but NOT w/in 12 hours, or your ph will be off and it will spark suspcicion. There are NO perfect cleansers that will not affect your urine PH. As for blood, that is a big problem. If the test comes up suspicious, they will likely do a GC/MS, and you will be found out. (but that is only for highly sensitive jobs such as law enforcement, pharmacists, commercial drivers, etc). Best idea, at least 2-3 weeks clean... Or, 1 to 1 1/2 clean of amphetamines (includes E, which is a synthetic amphetamine). ...words from the resident pharmaceutical chemist and PharmD. == Rob
  7. Hey... did any of you see the Dateline report on the E?? Hehehehe... you know... I'm always amazed to see the popular press do reports on E -- or any drug... one thing did really amaze me though. If I were "spike" -- a.k.a. the chemical supply comapny owner -- my first reaction when Dateline came knocking on my door would have been, "ah, see my attorney," not, "come right in and interview me!" LOL! ... and, though I've been to many a party where we've videotaped, we've always been careful what NOT to tape... as if we'd ever give the authorities evidence they'd love to have themselves... lol... Maybe we NYC kids/ravers/clubbers are just smarter than our western counterparts... hehehehe.... I have some great parties on tape, but nothing that could ever get anyone arrested... lol... -- Rob...
  8. Those were the days..... When few knew of Ketamaine's "other" uses, and therefore it was very, very, inexpensive to obtain in wholesale quantaties. Keep in mind that back then it was usually we chemists, or those in the medical community who used Ketamine. There were very few, by the way (before I start a huge club gossip war). Cheap, and mostly taken IM, in the arm, like a shot. But things have changed, as have the reasons for taking Ketamine.... as have the laws....oh, and the cost!!! oh my yes! ....and yeah, I'm a chemist (legal chemist - not LAW enforcement, yikes! ... I do research in a totally unrelated field, to be clear)... so that explains my posts ... and I do still party and am around occassionally.... - Rob
  9. ....and if you can stand to wait and let it the preservative evaporate naturally in the air, it's best. Heating above degrees 200F can do some damage to some of the molecules (won't hurt you, but it will mean you get less product that will have an effect). And yeah, if you go dig around on MEDLINE or Chemline, you can find the reference (and I might do it if everyone yells at me). Does it likely make a difference recreationally? ah, no. But if you are a "purist" (like some of the K-users from the 70s and 80s)... then heating is out. Of course, most of them don't dose using powder anyway -- but by orally taking the liquid (mixing it), or IM (as in a shot, not IV into a vein)..... -- Rob (and yeah, I used to be one of those lucky ones from the mid 80s using it when we could get all we wanted at $4/CASE wholesale).
  10. This one is close... I do have a friend ... who claims he's in just the "right balance" of mixing K, E, and is own "mix" (I don't ask anymore -- lol)... "when the right number of my [his] dancing angels and demons share the dance floor with me [him]" ... *WE* know he's gone too far when HE thinks he's dead -- as in dead and in Heaven already "his OWN angel". I'm just glad he only has this while *on* K, E, and his mix (I rue the day he has this delusion while being his normally fabulous self...). -- Rob
  11. First, Vic quits Roxy... a John Blair venue... rumors abound (but none confirmed). After months, Vic is set to do the Halloween bash on 10/28 at Limelight, a Blair Drama Event, though Blair hasn't officially finished all the legalities of ownership of Limelight yet... and.. today... Wednesday... Blair changes his tune, and announces... ***SUNDAY, 10/28/01 at the ***LIMELIGHT*** It's HALLOWEEN 2001: a celebration of DRAMA with DJs JAMES ANDERSEN & ALEX LAUTERSTEIN on the main floor! *-*PLEASE NOTE*-*: Super DJ Victor Calderone, who was previously scheduled to spin at Halloween 2001, has graciously agreed to postpone his performance until the upcoming Celebration Party of our purchase of the NEW LIMELIGHT! Bring this e-mail or your John Blair membership card for a reduced admission! Doors Open 10pm - 18 and older with proper ID. LIMELIGHT is located at the corner of 6th Ave and 20th St. **WHAT** is going on!? Everyone knows Vic is a fantastic producer, DJ, and artist -- busy with the best artists in American and European music -- but what is going on with him and Blair!? Are the rumors of him and Blair being in a fight true? Is it just scheduling? Is it something else? For those of us that consider Calderone to be one of the finest, greatest artists of proressive house (and miss him terrribly).. WE WANT TO KNOW! Blair isn't so special that he can just make up the rules as he goes along (despite what he thinks of himself in this day and age)....
  12. >>There are much higher quality standards for meds made in the >>states for humans as opposed to meds made in mexico for >>animals! >>and there are several versions of Ketamine made for humans We're mixing apples and oranges here. Veterinary-grade drugs made in the US are USP-grade, period. It is just as safe to use, say, a formulation of USP-chloral hydrate from an impurities standpoint whether it is marketed for human or animal use (if it is manufractured in the US). Almost any drug manufactured in Mexico that does not allow FDA-inspection per NAFTA may have problems with impurities, regardless of all other issues. There are similar problems in other countries' drug supplies where certain manufacturers refuse oversight: Japan, China, and many UK Economic Commonwealth countries. It isn't the distinction between markets that matter (at least in the US) for purity when it comes to *regulated prescription drugs* that must meet USP standards. It is a matter of source. The USP standards are public and can be found in the US Pharmacopia. As for, "there are several versions of Ketamine made for humans." There are several manufacturers that make Ketamine HCL, and two that manufacture Ketamine combination products for use in humans. There is only *one* version of Ketamine HCL itself. Ketazine (the trade name) (Ketamine+Xylazine) is most commonly used in children, obgyn procedures, and other non-emergency procedures in humans because the Xylazine tends to diminish the "emergence reactions" somewhat (read: psychoactive reactions that doctors don't like) (this compared to Ketamine HCL alone). Granted, it is not used often compared to other anesthetics in raw numbers. Ketamine alone is used in emergencies because it is one of the few anesthetics that does not cause respiratory depression in medical doses (another reason Ketamine is still dispensed as a battlefield anesthetic). The manufactuering lines for Ketamine HCL are the same for Ketamine HCL to be marketed for human or veterinary uses in the US. Granted, different vials from different manufactures may have different concentrations (i.e. 500mg/100ml vs. 100mg/100ml). That is an admixture, NOT a strength issue. It is a **dosing** issue. 100mg of Ketamine HCL from one manufactuer is still as potent as 100mg of Ketamine HCL from another. It just may take *less* to inject, or less powder (should one alter the liquid to powder form) to get the same effects. -- Rob
  13. If you are talking the "*Ketazine*" brand name that is commonly held in hostpitals, OBGYNs, etc., that is a **combination(( product with Ketamine and Xylazine (a bezodiazepine). Otherwise, if it says Ketamine, and you can determine it hasn't been tampered with, it's Ketamine. "Who it was intended for" makes no difference as to it's effects -- regardless of what people tell you. And while it is possible that clandestine labs have been set up to make Ketamine, it would be prohibitively expensive to do so -- it's expensive and time consuming. -- Rob
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